The US criticizes Russia... ``Trying to cover up 'corrupt dealings' with the North''

On the 28th (local time), the United States called on Russia to correct the fact that the panel of experts that monitors the implementation of the UN Security Council's North Korea policy cannot extend its term due to Russia's use of its veto.
A State Department spokesman said at a press conference on the same day that he was "deeply disappointed" and that "Russia made a 'corrupt deal' with North Korea."
"Through their actions today, they have cynically undermined international peace and security in order to advance the North-South bargain."
"Russia appears to have an intention to facilitate North Korea's illegal development of WMD (weapons of mass destruction)," the spokesman said.
"This denial was a self-serving effort to conceal the panel's findings that Russia 'colluded with North Korea' to secure weapons it could use to continue its attacks on Ukraine."
The report released by the panel of experts on the 20th of this month stated that "North Korea continues to export weapons to Russia for use against Ukraine, despite UN sanctions."
However, a spokesman explained that "Russia opposed the extension of the panel's term in an attempt to conceal the panel's activities."
"We are looking into how Russia is doing what it should in its dealings with North Korea," the spokesman said.
"We have been watching closely to see how they would try to implement it, and today we saw one of those methods," he said. "Russia alone must bear the consequences of this refusal.
"It will not only embolden North Korea to take more reckless actions and destabilizing provocations, but also darken the prospects for a lasting peace on the Korean Peninsula."
He also said, "Even if the activities of the panel of experts are completed, sanctions against North Korea will remain in effect, and we will continue to cooperate with other countries to reduce the threat posed by North Korea and deal with those who seek to shield North Korea."
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